Paris, France — Imagine an urban landscape filled with trees and shrubs and plants and birds. Imagine the Arc de Triomphe in Paris surrounded by a flamingo filled lake and lush vegetation […]
Critic’s Choice: An Urban Paradise
Curating Kahlo, Frida Kahlo, the Quintessential Mexican Artist
Left: Frida Kahlo revealing her medical corset that she painted under her huipil by Florence Arquin, ca. 1951. Huipils are loose fitting traditional tunics or blouses worn in Mexico and Central America. ©DR, […]
Magical Mosaics
The Bubble Ring from Le Sibille with a ruby, brown diamonds, quartz powder, micro mosaics and 18k rose gold. Photos courtesy Le Sibille. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette The jewels take us […]
A King’s King: Louis XV
Versailles, France — He was perhaps one of France’s most mercurial and mysterious monarchs. Louis XV made his own hot chocolate and marzipan in his private kitchen, was the first king to […]
Critic’s Choice: The Art of Ecology
Paris, France —These are powerful paintings. These are rare art works devoted to the environmental disasters on our planet Earth and in its seas and which are in many ways more effective […]
An Exceptional Entree at the Ecole du Louvre
Paris, France — It is one of the most prestigious schools of art history in Europe. The Ecole du Louvre, which is located in a wing of the Louvre Palace as its […]
Greetings from Gaul
Paris, France —They are some of the world’s favorite and most endearing comic book characters, Asterix and Obelisk, along with their village of indomitable Gaullish warriors who take on the Roman Empire. […]
Luxury Lifestyle at Léage Fit for a King for The Third Day of Christmas
Paris, France — Luxury and refinement are coming together in one of the French capital’s finest galleries, the Galérie Léage, specialized in 18th century furniture and art objects. A century that continues […]
Moments in Time: Nuvolari Time
Tazio Nuvolari, the legendary Italian racing car driver was born 130 years ago in Castel d’Aria Italy and has gone down in history as one of the greatest drivers of all time, […]
Seizing Szafran
Paris, France — Strange staircases, surprising studios, fantastical foliage. The themes of Sam Szafran’s canvases are intriguing, eye-catching and embody the same pervasive themes, yet each one offers a different form of […]
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